I give my five yr. old chores. Nothing hard passing the vacum or dusting. Do you think I should wait till she's a little older?
2006-11-01 07:24:53 · 18 answers · asked by Issues 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Vacuuming might be too much on her... but cleaning her room and dusting are great chores for her! Maybe even cleaning the dinner table with a damp cloth after the dishes are cleared. Good luck.
2006-11-01 07:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Danielle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its good that you have her doing chores then she gets in a routine and knows that its her job to do chores and to help around the house vacumming may be a little too much but letting her do little things to help you is good though but at least she is open to vaccuming my daughter is scared of the vacum
2006-11-01 07:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when my daughter was 3, she wanted to know if she could do chores and decided that her personal chore would be to change the toilet paper roll. Five is a good age to do stuff like clean the bathroom sink after you spray cleaner on it, feed the cat, water the cat, pick up sticks in the back yard, put up the flatware from the dishwasher(does not break and the sorting is a great skill for learning) and lots of other things.
2006-11-01 10:18:17 · answer #3 · answered by Library Eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teaching her responsibility is a good thing. Besides, if she grows up "helping" then it will be less of a battle to get her to tidy up when she needs to as she grows. I have a 13 yr.old step-daughter who was never made to do anything. To this day it is a battle just to get her to pick her shoes out of the foyer! I also have a 2yr. old who thinks tidy time is fun!
Just be sure to reward her with lots of praise for a job well done!
2006-11-01 07:35:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's good that you are teaching her responsibility, but vacuuming may be a little big for her. Like someone said above, cleaning her room is a good chore to start with.
2006-11-01 07:33:04 · answer #5 · answered by Xander 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a five year old can handle dusting. It isn't as if you're asking her to take out the garbage (which would probably be too heavy for a five year old).
2006-11-01 07:28:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dusting is ok still not so good but not vacuming when i was 11 it was tough wait a while dont make her/him do too much
2006-11-01 10:12:52 · answer #7 · answered by Trina T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i think thats good so she can appreciate what u do around the house even if she was a guy. most parents dont do that and leave their kids sit around n not help around the house. and then they start complaining that they dont wanna do anything at the house. so i think ur doing just fine. just dont give her something hard for her to do but good job in keeping good family qualities im glad to hear their still moms like u around
2006-11-01 07:36:37 · answer #8 · answered by jose m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a good age to let them make decisions. But just remember when she gets older and starts thinking for herself that this is really what you want. I heard something that I think is really important to remember. You aren't raising a child, you are raising an adult. I hope this helps.
2006-11-01 07:35:26 · answer #9 · answered by IF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just make sure she is fully capable of the chore. Definitly good. I belive it will help with a good work ethic.
2006-11-01 07:33:59 · answer #10 · answered by Joshuwa G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋